Category Archives: Technology

Covering all my technical interests. Things like gadgets, computers, software, etc..

Fixing Thunderbird + Enigmail + GPG-Agent passphrase cacheing on CentOS/RHEL 6

Ok this has been bothering me for a while, I upgrade my desktop to CentOS 6 to have a nice stable platform going forward from my previous Fedora 14 install and all was good.  Except Enigmail gpg passphrase caching broke.  … Continue reading

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Really not dead yet…. (Yes an update)

So it’s been over two years since my last post.  Been very busy in my life and haven’t had time to do as much tinkering and computer stuff at home as I usually would.  That’s not to say I haven’t … Continue reading

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Sharp MM20 sold… Aspire One doing well

I decided it was a little much having two “netbooks” around, so I sold my trusty Sharp MM20 (a netbook that came out before anyone heard of netbooks) to another MM20 owner with all the accessories. So I’ve dedicated myself … Continue reading

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Aspire One up and running

So much for my concerted effort! So small update, EeePC is gone, had to return it for work, but it was replaced with an Acer Aspire One.  I received the AOA110-1698.  This model comes with Linpus Linux Lite, 1GB Memory, … Continue reading

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Yuck, upgrade messes up text

Looks like I’ll have to do some cleanup on my blog.  Appears that the recent update to the software has caused misc  and †to show up in all the posts.  Ugh, this could take a while… UPDATE: ok … Continue reading

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Fedora 9 on EeePC 1000, a better linux exerience.

Well, I finally dumped the stock Xandros on the EeePC 1000 in favor of Fedora 9.  Must say I’m much happier, and it wasn’t too bad of an install.  I’ll write up details later, but the basics were download Fedora, … Continue reading

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No spellcheck on the EeePC 1000 40G

So been playing around more with my EeePC 1000.  Still really like it, but I’ve got two major complaints now besides the security issues I’ve mentioned before. There is NO English spellchecking installed for StarOffice.  The install of StarOffice includes … Continue reading

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How to secure and Eee PC 1000 and why

Ok, so I’ve had my new Eee PC 1000 for several days and am loving it.  But, I did find a few really glaring security issues.  So with a lot of research I’ve come up with a basic list of … Continue reading

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New Article: EeePC 1000 review

I just posted my review of my new EeePC 1000. This is the Linux version with the 10″ screen and 40GB worth of solid state drive. So far I like it, hardware is great, software is good, security sucks. Go … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld SanFran 3 weeks away!!

Well it’s coming up, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is only three weeks away.  I had the opportunity again to chair the Security Track, and though it was a rough year getting the session together (This is the first time since … Continue reading

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